During the time in the early 1920s when legislation was being crafted to authorize a dam on the Colorado River, Herbert Hoover served as Secretary of Commerce for President Warren Harding.

WASHINGTON, March 4, 1929 (UP) -- With an extraordinary display of Republican pageantry, Herbert Hoover was today made the 30th president of the United States. Before a gathering at the foot of ...

Late one afternoon last week President Hoover went for a short motor ride through Washington’s suburbs. While he was gone, the White House released another of the many bulletins signed by ...

Hoover accepted, even later leading a second “Hoover Commission” at President Dwight Eisenhower’s request from 1953 to 1955.

Although Herbert Hoover won the 1928 presidential election with almost 60 percent of the vote, today he's basically remembered as a dam. Actually, many Americans probably think he was an FBI ...

President Herbert Hoover remains the only U.S. president to have been born in Iowa. On Aug. 10, his hometown will celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth with Hoover's Hometown Days.

Running on a progressive platform, Herbert C. Hoover was enormously popular. His economic acuity was especially respected as he had established his capable good judgment during his tenure as secretary ...

Hoover Institution senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson breaks down the attitude of liberal judges halting President Donald Trump's policies on 'Life, Liberty & Levin.' ...

Farewells filled President Hoover’s final week in the White House. The last State dinner was for Speaker John Nance Garner, uncomfortable in evening clothes. There was a tea party for the White ...

Born: August 10, 1874 in West Branch, Iowa... Hoover was the last president whose term ended on March 3. Thereafter all presidential terms began and ended on January 20. Hoover's presidency began ...